Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Van Wijngaarden emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.
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Friedrich L. BauerAlso won Wilhelm Exner Medal
Ernst Hirsch BallinAlso won Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Ingeborg HochmairAlso won Wilhelm Exner Medal
Henri DeterdingAlso won Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Grigore MoisilAlso won Computer Pioneer AwardKarl Johan ÅströmAlso won honorary doctorate from INP GrenobleAbout this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1987 · aged 70
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